Records, 1887-1905.

Florida State university

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The Florida State College for Women (FSCW) Artist Series began in 1923. Dean Ella Opperman was the first person in charge of organizing the series. The series was intended to bring renowned artists to FSCW. After FSCW became Florida State University (FSU), the FSU School of Music managed the series. However, in 1974 the FSU Artist Series Committee assumed control. Because of financial difficulties in the early 1990s, the Artist Series was briefly discontinued. The series was then entitled the "C...

University of Florida. College of Education

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Florida State Normal School.

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Records related to the training of teachers. The Florida State Normal School, located in DeFuniak Springs, was founded in 1887 and was the principal state school for teacher training prior to the passage of the Buckman Act in 1905. Although the school was coeducational, the majority of the students were women, as were most of the teachers in the state. Prior to 1901, women were not offered state teacher scholarships. In that year, the legislature passed a law authorizing...